AT THE END

I'm fascinated by people's dying words.  I just came across a quote of Leonardo DaVinci that said:
" I have offended mankind because my work did not reach the quality it should have."  Can you imagine?  If he did not reach his idea of "quality" mine is sadly lacking in whatever it should be. 

I do not thing I'm very artistic or even creative for that matter because I have had to seek out an image - can't draw a straight line or cut one either - and am using techniques in every facet of my work that someone else thought of way before me.  Still I know my cards please the receivers and therefore I do place a high "quality" to them because of that.

I imagine DaVinci, like poor Van Gogh,  and many others may not have lived to see what their work became hundreds of years later.  Poor Van Gogh would not have even comprehended what four million dollars for one painting even meant.  I am not sure, but I do not think they had that much money in one place at that time to even know its value. 

Still I could weep to think that any artist or even person, for that matter,  would have to die thinking  they had offended mankind because they did not delivered something of higher quality.  Perhaps he was a perfectionist and that defeated him.  Still he was a visionary in so many areas.  Could he not see that?

We come back to my own possible last words.  My father's repeated phrase to us girls was "I have made you jack of all trades but master of none."  And so did he see himself in the same light.  I have to admit it does defeat me at times because it has certainly become a self-fulfilled prophecy in my life.

As I have been sharing in this new 75th year - I've still to get on the ball and make it happen.  I still have not done whatever I need to do to know I am "up to snuff."  But Dear God please do not let me offend anyone or even disappoint them at all.  Please oh please let me finally get my ducks in a row for this year and for many more to come.  I will keep on until I do.

If you haven't noticed the Energizer Bunny ads lately they are too cute and for me very inspiring.  I will just keep going for as long as my battery lasts.  Thank you Lord it is an energizer called the Holy Spirit and He's excellent at it and I know lasts forever.